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THE MAROON Loyola University New Orleans VOL. 81, NO. 16 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2003 "For a greater Loyola" Few abroad options available By Jill Scahill Contributing Writer Study abroad options increasing, but still difficult to use The Education Abroad Fair provided Loyola students with 27 representatives from off-campus study abroad programs along with the nine Loyola programs. "We have a good variety of programs here, but we need to link our students with the wide variety of programs elsewhere," the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S. J., university president, said. Knoth stressed the need for a person and place students can go to for all information regarding both Loyola's programs as well as the programs of other universities and organizations. The Office of Student Activities, with the Student Government Association, is working to create a study abroad office and the college deans are working together to develop a go-to person for interested students. The deans have been working with Knoth and the university for more than a year to develop Loyola's study abroad program, and he says he hopes to have a study abroad advisor as soon as next fall. Currently, for undergraduate credit, Loyola offers seven summer sessions in a variety of countries including Great Britain, Spain and Belgium. There are also semester-long programs offered in Mexico City and Berlin. Anyone wishing to participate in these programs must contact the professors in charge of each program or pick up information in their dean's office. The College of Business Administration offers semester-long student exchange programs, stressing the world's different economic, political and cultural environments, in Belgium, China, and in three Spanish cities. The Business school is hoping to make studying abroad a requirement for all students within the next two years. "Studying abroad really opened up a huge world for me," Annie McNulty, Spanish/ communications senior who spent her junior year in Seville, Spain, said. "I was able to understand so much more about all that I was learning in the classroom by seeing it all from a different, more international perspective. The people I met, the things I did and saw changed me for life," she said. Robert Dewell, associate professor of modern foreign language and literature and chair of the Loyola in Berlin program, said that the study abroad experience promises a lot. "In terms of the experience itself, the first benefit of study abroad is that it's exciting, stimulating and fun," Dewell said. "Routine aspects of life that are boring here suddenly become an adventure in a foreign country, from getting on a streetcar to buying a loaf of bread. You don't do quite the same things when you go out; the food's not quite the same: conversations with people aren't quite the same." Many students who want to study abroad say they find it difficult to sift through the numerous programs offered and also to fill out the necessary forms and go through the process involved in taking a leave of absence from Loyola. With no head of a department to go to, students have to work with the dean's office in order to get acceptable transfer credit. Often, between going abroad and returning, students encounter less credit than they had hoped to receive due to a misunderstanding when dealing with foreign transcripts. This can be frustrating to students who are attempting to graduate in four years and are depending upon those credits. "Loyola needs to not only have more programs, but also more options, more dates and STAFF PHOTO BY GILLIAN DICKER Tatyana Sheps, visual graphic junior, (right) views a brochure at the Education Abroad Fair in the Danna Center lounge. Twenty-seven representatives from off-campus programs were at the fair. Zellner provides insight By lan Morrison Staff writer Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks recruited Bob Zellner, a white boy from Alabama, into the Civil Rights Movement. Zellner, a civil rights activist, was the most recent speaker in the Biever Guest Lecture Series co-sponsored by the departments of sociology and history, the Black Student Union, the Loyola Student Sociology Organization and the Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice. He spent some time in an Albany, Georgia prison with Martin Luther King Jr. as his cellmate. "1 got to know MLK before he was a mythic figure of American history. He was a true radical who insisted on going to the roots of the problem," he said. Zellner's father was a Methodist minister and a member of the Klu Klux Klan. His parents attended Bob Jones College, named after the man who officiated at his parents' wedding. Until recently, the school had a long history of segregation policies. The school also awarded U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft an honorary degree. "You could say I came from a terrorist upbringing," Zellner said. He related his spur to civil rights action to an incident he experienced while attending Huntington College. He and some fellow classmates decided to interview Martin Luther King Jr. for a sociology paper concerning race problems. Their professor warned them against approaching King, saying they would most likely be arrested and assaulted by local Klansmen. Activist praises Martin Luther King for actions in the Civil Rights movement "I got to know MLK before he was a mythic figure of American history. He was a true radical who insisted on going to the roots of the problem," - 808 ZELLNER,CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, on Martin Luther King Jr. NASA head O'Keefe a Loyola graduate By Stephanie Sarradet Contributing writer NASA administrator and Loyola graduate Sean O'Keefe, is putting his leadership skills to the test after the Columbia disaster. O'Keefe was president of Loyola's Student Government Association in 1975. "He is a first class administrator and leader," the Rev. David Boileau, philosophy department chair-person and a close personal j friend, said. "They would not have put him in | the position unless he knew what he was doing." When O'Keefe began his job as : administrator, he was handed the task of money overruns and budget cuts. Now, only a year later, his mission is to regain confidence in the NASA space program. O'Keefe received his bachelor's degree from Loyola in Business Administration in 1977 and went on to receive his master's degree in public administration at Syracuse University. "Sean's leadership skills come not only from what he learned at Loyola, but also what he has learned from his family," Boileau said. O'Keefe comes from a long line of politicians in the New Orleans area. "His grandfather was mayor of New Orleans, and his father was a nuclear engineer and a naval official," Boileau said. "The street downtown is even named after his family." O'Keefe demonstrated his leadership early as SGA president. "The organization of SGA is important to what it theoretically is supposed to do," O'Keefe explained to The Maroon in 1975. "I hope to create an attitude of understanding of JOUSTIN' AROUND STAFF PHOTO BY GILLIAN DICKER Margaret Morley, political science freshman,(left) and Kerry Plagman, communications freshman,(right) do battle in a jousting contest in the Res Quad last Friday during the final day of SGA Week. The Res Quad party ended a week of activites sponsored by SGA. See ABROAD, Page 2 See O'KEEFE, Page 3 See SOUTHERN, Page 3 Sports: page 4 Editorial: page 7 Opinion: page 8 Life & Times: page 9

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THE MAROON Loyola University New Orleans VOL. 81, NO. 16 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2003 "For a greater Loyola" Few abroad options available By Jill Scahill Contributing Writer Study abroad options increasing, but still difficult to use The Education Abroad Fair provided Loyola students with 27 representatives from off-campus study abroad programs along with the nine Loyola programs. "We have a good variety of programs here, but we need to link our students with the wide variety of programs elsewhere," the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S. J., university president, said. Knoth stressed the need for a person and place students can go to for all information regarding both Loyola's programs as well as the programs of other universities and organizations. The Office of Student Activities, with the Student Government Association, is working to create a study abroad office and the college deans are working together to develop a go-to person for interested students. The deans have been working with Knoth and the university for more than a year to develop Loyola's study abroad program, and he says he hopes to have a study abroad advisor as soon as next fall. Currently, for undergraduate credit, Loyola offers seven summer sessions in a variety of countries including Great Britain, Spain and Belgium. There are also semester-long programs offered in Mexico City and Berlin. Anyone wishing to participate in these programs must contact the professors in charge of each program or pick up information in their dean's office. The College of Business Administration offers semester-long student exchange programs, stressing the world's different economic, political and cultural environments, in Belgium, China, and in three Spanish cities. The Business school is hoping to make studying abroad a requirement for all students within the next two years. "Studying abroad really opened up a huge world for me," Annie McNulty, Spanish/ communications senior who spent her junior year in Seville, Spain, said. "I was able to understand so much more about all that I was learning in the classroom by seeing it all from a different, more international perspective. The people I met, the things I did and saw changed me for life," she said. Robert Dewell, associate professor of modern foreign language and literature and chair of the Loyola in Berlin program, said that the study abroad experience promises a lot. "In terms of the experience itself, the first benefit of study abroad is that it's exciting, stimulating and fun," Dewell said. "Routine aspects of life that are boring here suddenly become an adventure in a foreign country, from getting on a streetcar to buying a loaf of bread. You don't do quite the same things when you go out; the food's not quite the same: conversations with people aren't quite the same." Many students who want to study abroad say they find it difficult to sift through the numerous programs offered and also to fill out the necessary forms and go through the process involved in taking a leave of absence from Loyola. With no head of a department to go to, students have to work with the dean's office in order to get acceptable transfer credit. Often, between going abroad and returning, students encounter less credit than they had hoped to receive due to a misunderstanding when dealing with foreign transcripts. This can be frustrating to students who are attempting to graduate in four years and are depending upon those credits. "Loyola needs to not only have more programs, but also more options, more dates and STAFF PHOTO BY GILLIAN DICKER Tatyana Sheps, visual graphic junior, (right) views a brochure at the Education Abroad Fair in the Danna Center lounge. Twenty-seven representatives from off-campus programs were at the fair. Zellner provides insight By lan Morrison Staff writer Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks recruited Bob Zellner, a white boy from Alabama, into the Civil Rights Movement. Zellner, a civil rights activist, was the most recent speaker in the Biever Guest Lecture Series co-sponsored by the departments of sociology and history, the Black Student Union, the Loyola Student Sociology Organization and the Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice. He spent some time in an Albany, Georgia prison with Martin Luther King Jr. as his cellmate. "1 got to know MLK before he was a mythic figure of American history. He was a true radical who insisted on going to the roots of the problem," he said. Zellner's father was a Methodist minister and a member of the Klu Klux Klan. His parents attended Bob Jones College, named after the man who officiated at his parents' wedding. Until recently, the school had a long history of segregation policies. The school also awarded U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft an honorary degree. "You could say I came from a terrorist upbringing," Zellner said. He related his spur to civil rights action to an incident he experienced while attending Huntington College. He and some fellow classmates decided to interview Martin Luther King Jr. for a sociology paper concerning race problems. Their professor warned them against approaching King, saying they would most likely be arrested and assaulted by local Klansmen. Activist praises Martin Luther King for actions in the Civil Rights movement "I got to know MLK before he was a mythic figure of American history. He was a true radical who insisted on going to the roots of the problem," - 808 ZELLNER,CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, on Martin Luther King Jr. NASA head O'Keefe a Loyola graduate By Stephanie Sarradet Contributing writer NASA administrator and Loyola graduate Sean O'Keefe, is putting his leadership skills to the test after the Columbia disaster. O'Keefe was president of Loyola's Student Government Association in 1975. "He is a first class administrator and leader," the Rev. David Boileau, philosophy department chair-person and a close personal j friend, said. "They would not have put him in | the position unless he knew what he was doing." When O'Keefe began his job as : administrator, he was handed the task of money overruns and budget cuts. Now, only a year later, his mission is to regain confidence in the NASA space program. O'Keefe received his bachelor's degree from Loyola in Business Administration in 1977 and went on to receive his master's degree in public administration at Syracuse University. "Sean's leadership skills come not only from what he learned at Loyola, but also what he has learned from his family," Boileau said. O'Keefe comes from a long line of politicians in the New Orleans area. "His grandfather was mayor of New Orleans, and his father was a nuclear engineer and a naval official," Boileau said. "The street downtown is even named after his family." O'Keefe demonstrated his leadership early as SGA president. "The organization of SGA is important to what it theoretically is supposed to do," O'Keefe explained to The Maroon in 1975. "I hope to create an attitude of understanding of JOUSTIN' AROUND STAFF PHOTO BY GILLIAN DICKER Margaret Morley, political science freshman,(left) and Kerry Plagman, communications freshman,(right) do battle in a jousting contest in the Res Quad last Friday during the final day of SGA Week. The Res Quad party ended a week of activites sponsored by SGA. See ABROAD, Page 2 See O'KEEFE, Page 3 See SOUTHERN, Page 3 Sports: page 4 Editorial: page 7 Opinion: page 8 Life & Times: page 9